The mental images are not like the flickering old films of Britain’s greatest ever footballer when he first stepped on to the big football stage at Old Trafford, clutching the sleeve cuffs of that famous red shirt.
The memories are vivid. As bright and fresh as the young George Best when we first saw the magic.
Can it really be 50 years tomorrow since he made his first-team debut for Manchester United?
It was on September 14 1963 that Matt Busby’s ‘wee Georgie’ trotted out against West Bromwich Albion, danced and dribbled his way through a victory – and was then returned to the reserves from whence he came.
He was 17. Busby let this waif from Belfast fill out for another three months before he gave him his second first-team game. Burnley were beaten 5-1, George scored the first of his 179 United goals and football would never seem quite the same again.
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Сообщение отредактировал tenizz: 13.09.2013, 22:45:36